Stuart, Florida, United States
Throughout the course of my career in finance and audit leadership, I have directed the full spectrum of business improvement and risk management initiatives from planning through completion and change management in different industries, from manufacturing to financial institutions including the consulting firm EY, Fiat Chrysler, Lafarge Holcim, TBC Corporation and Mitsubishi Power. As a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt I have positively impacted P&L performance and business resiliency, decreased enterprise risk and drove profitability. I leverage financial, operational and commercial solutions in North America and Latin America and champion the company's strategy. I have directly supported the turnaround of key markets, provided leadership on major CAPEX projects, founded corporate initiatives, and have coached and developed leaders. Globally oriented, I am fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. My skills include: ◆ Strategic Planning ◆ Accounting Principles ◆ Financial Consolidation & Reporting ◆ Data & Business Analytics ◆ Lean Manufacturing ◆ Project Management Professional ◆ Internal Controls ◆ Corporate Governance ◆ Compliance ◆ Talent Management and more. I hold multiple audit certifications, including the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and the Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) issued by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). In addition, I am a volunteer board member at the IIA.
Mitsubishi Power Americas leads the industry in power generation and energy storage, targeting innovative hydrogen and intelligent solutions. One of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHVYF) conglomerate. I am currently the Chief Auditor of the company and its subsidiaries, leading an agile and data-driven risk-based audit process. - Shifted the Internal Audit approach to execute annual priorities aligned with the Business Strategy. - Launched the continuous monitoring of Key Risk Indicators with dashboards and automated alerts to promptly alert management in case of exceptions. - Implemented Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and Process Mining integration with SAP to improve business processes. - Coordinated a governance model with other assurance functions and aligned J-SOX execution with external auditors and parent company shareholders. - Created a business partner mindset to attract data analytics talent and subject matter experts. - Continuously investing in automation, process mining, and AI auditing, aiming for breakthrough opportunities, cost savings and process improvements.
TBC Corporation, a joint venture between Sumitomo and Michelin, is a leader in the tire and automotive service industry with a diverse corporate portfolio of several trusted, well-known brands. At that time, I was the Chief Audit Executive in charge of risk-based audits and continuous improvement projects over wholesale, retail, and franchise group companies, such as Tire Kingdom, Midas, Big O Tires, NTB, National Tire Wholesale (NTW) and TBC de Mexico. I directed a dynamic audit plan, focused on data analytics, J-SOX compliance, and internal controls aligned with the company’s strategy, including business integration initiatives. Led a diverse cross-functional team based in the US and Mexico.
Holcim is the world’s largest manufacturer of building materials. After being named Senior Manager of Internal Audit for the Americas Hub in 2015, I achieved the expanded role of Director in 2016 to develop the company's pan-regional internal audit strategy and lead global teams focused on impactful solutions on financial, operational and commercial operations in North America and Latin America. Notable achievements: ► Elevated strategic value of audit function as lead business partner on global audit projects. Built plans providing actionable recommendations to C-suite. ► Leveraged solutions to positively impact P&L performance, improve risk management, and influence changes across the businesses. Streamlined manufacturing processes driving cost savings and optimization of price and margin management framework. ► Partnered with countries CEOs and achieved significant improvements of financial consolidation, reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes; and streamlining of SAP functionalities. ► Led audits on a multi-billion-dollar CAPEX project portfolio for Brazil, Canada, and the US. ►Building a pipeline of leadership and culture of performance. I was appointed as an executive mentor to team members that have been promoted to management level roles.
I directed the audit strategy as the functional leader and change agent for the region’s 4th-largest commercial market, Where I oversaw project teams of eight auditors, managing the conceptualization and execution of structural and process enhancements. Notable achievements: ► Successfully transforming the Internal Audit function into a strategic corporate resource, Led tax optimization initiatives and change management, demonstrating value through transformative process enhancements and delivering bottom-line results. ► Optimizing market share by leading sales force realignment initiatives, where I championed gap analysis and partnered internally to redefine talent profile and recruit to regional needs. ►Directly contributing to P&L performance through the identification of renegotiation opportunities in enterprise freight contracts, and through the remediation of contractor issues in a major CAPEX brownfield expansion.
Stellantis is the world's fourth-largest automaker and operates 14 brands, including Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep, Ram, Peugeot, and Citroën. At that time, I was part of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. Group, an Italian-American corporation. I joined the company as a Senior Auditor, and was promoted in 2008 to a Project Leader role, where I directed operations and risk assessments over 10 global automotive manufacturer locations in Latin America. I served as a leadership change agent on financial, banking, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, commercial, and manufacturing projects and, also managed cross-functional teams and SOX compliance activities. Accomplishments: ►Securing multi-million ongoing savings by improving negotiations processes with long-term vendor contracts and realigning materials requisition processes with manufacturing supply level requirements. ►Achieving savings in the overall fuel expenditures by implementing cost-effective and eco-friendly internal fleet fuel vehicle utilization. ►Implementing the methodology to perform regulatory risk assessments over banks, financial institutions and insurance brokers in Brazil and Argentina.
During my time with EY, I led onsite engagements for the global steel company ArcelorMittal, conglomerate Odebrecht, the Brazilian telecom agency Anatel, Itau Unibanco bank and other financial institutions, manufacturing, and service companies.